The relief measures announced by the centre to ease financial burden on different economic sectors were “creative accounting” and “empty package wrapped in speeches”, the Congress said on Thursday. The sharp attacks were launched as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced free foodgrains for migrant workers, concessional credit to farmers and working capital loan for street vendors as part of the second tranche of the Rs 20 lakh crore coronavirus stimulus package.
“It is not an economic package. It is an empty package wrapped with speeches since the last three days,” Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel tweeted.
“Government should be serious about how much money it wants to transfer into the hands of citizens. Now it has been trapped by this number of Rs 20 lakh crore. Rather than struggling to reach this target by creative accounting, better to work with a reasonable but genuine figure,” he added
No money was directly allotted for welfare of migrants, he said, adding, “This package is turning out to be a hoax.”
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